F-14D #100 VF-2 in-progress pics

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October 22, 2021
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October 22, 2021
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October 22, 2021
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October 22, 2021
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October 22, 2021
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October 22, 2021
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October 22, 2021
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October 26, 2021
I've found some main gear spare parts from my very old Academy F-14 and repleace those awful ones from HB 🙂
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October 26, 2021
The fit is perfect 🙂
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October 26, 2021
and more spare parts.
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October 26, 2021
I use the Academy kit TARPS with this kit as VF-2 was one of the "TARPS squadron" and it's rather rare to see it under Tomcat kit 🙂
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October 27, 2021
White primer on the intakes and gear bays🙂
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October 27, 2021
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October 29, 2021
Progress so far 🙂
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November 15, 2021
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July 1, 2022
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July 1, 2022
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July 1, 2022
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July 1, 2022
New competition in autumn makes me back to this project 🙂
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July 2, 2022
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July 2, 2022
In case I would tie this Tomcat down to flightdeck someday 🙂
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July 2, 2022
Upgrade HB legs with old Hasegawa parts 🙂
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July 3, 2022
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July 3, 2022
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July 3, 2022
Marbling time....
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July 8, 2022
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July 8, 2022
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July 8, 2022
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July 8, 2022
Applied color for upper surfaces...
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July 9, 2022
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July 9, 2022
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July 9, 2022
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July 9, 2022
Upgreading main gear legs...
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July 14, 2022
TARPS - work in progress 🙂
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July 16, 2022
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July 16, 2022
Starting with the decals... 🙂
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July 31, 2022
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September 18, 2022
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December 29, 2022
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January 9, 2023
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January 10, 2023
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January 10, 2023
2 hours of masking....
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January 10, 2023
2 minutes of painting...
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January 10, 2023
And dry fitting. OK- but they are a bit too dark I think ...
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January 14, 2023
... almost there...
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January 14, 2023
With a team mate 🙂
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January 14, 2023
Done !!!
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January 14, 2023
GO NAVY !!! :-D

Comments

53 22 October 2021, 22:55

Maciej Bellos
Checking in!

26 October 2021, 14:00

Sergej I
Good stuff, details supreme 👍

15 July 2022, 07:10

Michael Kohl
I am in too.

16 July 2022, 08:04

Martin von Schreckenstein
shaping up to be a nice delta!

16 July 2022, 08:10

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
Thx mates 🙂

17 July 2022, 06:20

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
TARPS in progress

9 January 2023, 22:13

Bernd Grün
Nice build and paint job, Piotr! Following with interest. 👍

10 January 2023, 07:02

Martin von Schreckenstein
awesome paintjob! i should buy a few more hobbyboss 72 tomcats haha. they are quite nice for the price

10 January 2023, 12:06

Michael Kohl
Paint jab is massive indeed.

10 January 2023, 12:08

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
THX mates 🙂 Martin - I do not recommend this kit - the landing gear needs some scratch to look proper and air intakes are a huge mistake. I'd rather go with latest Academy kit 🙂

10 January 2023, 12:25

Martin von Schreckenstein
you are Right Piotr, the intakes are a big drawback but i found the new Academy front gear to be too long so actually despite missing a lot of detail I do not mind the Hobbyboss gear.

also I really like the hobbyboss panel lining - it looks good at this scale. new academy specifically is something i do not enjoy in this respect as there is a lot of accurate detail but it is too pronounced for 72.

Interestingly, I find myself returning to Hasegawa all the time after all those beautiful new moldings coming up🙂
but the windshield in the new academy kit is a huge plus and advantage even over GWH - I would like to buy them separately and use them in every future 72 tomcat build regardless of the kit🙂

10 January 2023, 13:41

Martin von Schreckenstein
also the hobbyboss tomcats are so easy to put together!

10 January 2023, 13:43